Oil spills and near misses: More ‘shadow’ tankers ship sanctioned fuel


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People swim and surf in the sea after an offshore oil spill drenched much of Israel's Mediterranean shoreline with tar, near Atlit, Israel, on Feb. 22, 2021.RONEN ZVULUN/Reuters An oil tanker runs aground off eastern China, leaking fuel into the water. Another is caught in a collision near Cuba. A third is seized in Spain for drifting out of control. These vessels were part of a “shadow” fleet of tankers carrying oil last year from countries hit by Western sanctions, according to a Reuters analysis of ship tracking and accident data and interviews with more than a dozen industry specialists....